A former Volkswagen CEO Martin Winterkorn has been charged in the US with conspiracy and fraud over the car maker’s long-running scam to cheat emissions tests, two months after VW faced trial in Australia over dieselgate.
An agreement has been reached on which company will provide services to assist in the upcoming high-stakes etrial between the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission and polycarbonate producer Oakmoore Pty Ltd and one of its directors.
The applicants in a class action against Johnson & Johnson over allegedly defective vaginal mesh products have won court approval to expand the size of the class and seek an order blocking the sale of devices that don’t include a proper warning.